Contents - Volume 14, 1881

All full-page illustrations (plates) in this volume can be seen in the Picture Gallery.

• (title page)
• Addenda et Corrigenda.
• Contents.
  • Transactions.
  • Proceedings.
  • Appendix.
  • List of Plates.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Established under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, Intituled “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867.”
• Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • Gazetted in the “New Zealand Gazette,” 9 March, 1868.
• List of Incorporated Societies.
  • Wellington Philosophical Society.
  • Auckland Institute.
  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
  • Otago Institute.
  • Westland Institute.
  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

• Transactions.

  • Transactions Of The New Zealand Institute, 1881.

    • I.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. I.—Historical Incidents and Traditions of the Olden Times, pertaining to the Maoris of the North Island, (East Coast), New Zealand; highly illustrative of their national Character, and containing many peculiar, curious, and little-known Customs and Circumstances, and Matters firmly believed by them. Now, for the first time, faithfully translated from old Maori Writings and Recitals; with explanatory Notes. Part II..
      • Art. II.—Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Race.
      • Art. III.—On the fine Perception of Colours possessed by the ancient Maoris.
      • Art. IV.—Notes upon the great Floods of February, 1868.
      • Art. V.—Remarks on the Sand Dunes of the West Coast of the Provincial District of Wellington
      • Art. VI.—On the Taieri River Floods and their Prevention.
      • Art. VII.—On the Reclamation of Waste River Beds.
      • Art. VIII.—A few Remarks on the Carved Stone Bird, named Korotangi by the Maoris, now in the possession of Major Wilson.
      • Art. IX.—On Vertical Triangulation.
      • Art. X.—Notes on the Height of Mount Cook.
      • Art. XI.—Remarks on Mr. Frankland's Paper on “Mind-Stuff”
      • Art. XII.—On the Production of Inflammatory Action in detached Portions of dead Animal Bodies.
      • Art. XIII.—On a Source of Water Supply for Invercargill.
      • Art. XIV.—On the Conversion and Civilization of the Maoris in the South of New Zealand.
      • Art. XV.—Fallacies in the Theory of Circular Motion.

    • II.—Zoology.

      • Art. XVI.—On the New Zealand Hydrobiinæ.
      • Art. XVII.—On a new Genus of Rissoinæ.
      • Art. XVIII.—On the Fresh-water Lamellibranchs of New Zealand.
      • Art. XIX.—Notes on some Pulmonate Mollusca.
      • Art. XX.—Notes on the Anatomy of the Bitentaculate Slugs of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXI.—Notes on some Branchiate Mollusca.
      • Art. XXII.—Description of two little-known Species of New Zealand Shells.
      • Art. XXIII.—Notes on New Zealand Mollusca.
      • Art. XXIV.—Additions to the New Zealand Crustacea.
      • Art. XXV.—On some Subterranean Crustacea.
      • Art. XXVI.—History of Fish Culture in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXVII.—On the Occurrence of the Salmon Trout in Nelson Harbour.
      • Art. XXVIII.—On two Species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca.
      • Art. XXIX.—Further Notes on Coccidæ in New Zealand, with Descriptions of new Species.
      • Art. XXX.—Additions to the Crustacean Fauna of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXI.—On the Notornis.
      • Art. XXXII.—On the Skeleton of Notornis mantelli.
      • Art. XXXIII.—On a new Method of preserving Cartilaginous Skeletons and other soft Animal Structures.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Eastern Golden Plover (Charadrius fulvus) in the Auckland District.
      • Art. XXXV.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Roller (Eurystomus pacificus) in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVI.—On some new Marine Planarians.
      • Art. XXXVII.—Additions to the List of New Zealand Shells.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—On Pseudo-scab and Lung-worm in Sheep.
      • Art. XXXXIX—Notes on Zoological Researches made on the Chicken Islands, East Coast of the North Island.
      • Art. XL.—On some new and undescribed Species of New Zealand Insects, of the Orders Orthoptera and Coleoptera.
      • Art. XLI.—Descriptions of New Shells.
      • Art. XLII.—Description of new Cephalopoda.

    • III.—Botany.

      • Art. XLIII.—On the Fresh-water Algæ of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLIV.—On some Additions to the Flora of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLV.—Contributions to a Flora of the Nelson Provincial District.
      • Art. XLVI.—A Description of a few new Plants from our New Zealand Forests.
      • Art. XLVII.—On the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. Plates XXIV.–XXXV.
      • Art. XLVIII.—On some Plants new to New Zealand, and Description of a new Species.
      • Art. XLIX.—On new Species of New Zealand Diatoms.
      • Plate XXII., fig. 1: a, front view; b, suture; c, side view.
      • Art. L.—Description of new Plants.
      • Art. LI.—Description of new Plants.
      • Art. LII.—Notes on Epacris microphylla in New Zealand.
      • Art. LIII.—On the Sugar Values of Beet-roots grown in the Waikato District
      • Art. LIV.—Notes on Sorghum Experiment.
      • Art. LV.—On an abnormal Growth of New Zealand Flax.
      • Art. LVI.—On the New Zealand Olives.
      • Art. LVII.—Notice of the Occurrence of Triodia and Atropis in New Zealand with Descriptions of new Species.
      • Art. LVIII.—A Revision of the New Zealand Lepidia, with Descriptions of new Species.
      • Art. LIX.—Notes on recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora.
      • Art. LX.—Notes on Plants from Campbell Island.

    • IV.—Chemistry.

      • Art. LXI.—On the Preparation of Spontaneously Inflammable Phosphine.
      • Art. LXII.—On a new Form of Burette.
      • Art. LXIII.—Notes on Refrigeration.
      • Art. LXIV.—On the supposed Paraffin Deposit at Waiapu.
      • Art. LXV.—On a Search for the Poisonous Principle of Brachyglottis repanda and B. rangiora.
      • Art. LXVI.—On a new Theory of the Mode by which Photographic Effects are produced with Silver Salts.
      • Art. LXVII.—On the Percentage of Citric Acid obtained from Limes grown in Auckland and Tahiti.

    • V.—Geology.

      • Art. LXVIII.—On the Formation of Lake Wakatipu.
      • Art. LXIX.—Description of new Tertiary Fossils.
      • Art. LXX.—On a Deposit of Moa Bones near Motanau, North Canterbury.
      • Art. LXXI.—Further Notes on the Thermal Springs in the Hanmar Plains, Provincial District of Nelson.
      • Art. LXXII.—Notes on the Mineralogy of New Zealand.
      • Art. LXXIII.—On Crystalline Rocks.
      • Art. LXXIV.—Notes on a Pseudomorphous Form of Gold.
      • Art. LXXV.—A Study of the Causes leading to the Extinction of the Maori.
      • Art. LXXVI.—On the fine Perception of Colours possessed by the ancient Maoris. (Addendum to Art. III.)
      • Art. LXXVII.—On the Origin of the New Zealand Flora—being a Presidential Address to the Otago Institute.
      • Art. LXXVIII.—Origin and Early History of the Canterbury Museum: being the Annual Address.
• New Zealand Institute
  • New Zealand Institute.
  • Museum.
    • Natural History Collections.
    • Ethnological.
    • Melbourne Exhibition.
    • Herbarium.
    • Palæontology.
  • Geological Survey Branch.
  • Publications.
  • Meteorology.
  • Observatory.
  • Laboratory.
  • Library.

• Proceedings.

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting. 6th August, 1881.

      • Address by the President, Dr. Hector (Abstract).
      • Description of Additions to the Museum.
    • Second Meeting. 20th August, 1881.

    • Third Meeting. 3rd September, 1881.

      • Description of Bird Skins presented to the Museum Mention of Tin Ore in New Zealand.

    • Fourth Meeting. 17th September, 1881.

      • Discussion on Mr. Travers's paper “On the Great Flood of February, 1868,” read at the previous meeting.

    • Fifth Meeting. 22nd October, 1881.

      • An Account of some of the less-known Islands of Western Polynesia.

    • Sixth Meeting. 21st January, 1882.

      • On the Extinction of the Moa.
      • On a Lichen of the genus Leuconora.
      • Suggestions relative to the Rabbit Nuisance.
      • On Solar Heat.

    • Annual Meeting. 11th February, 1882.

      • Abstract of Report for 1881
      • Election of Officers for 1882
      • Address by the President, Dr. Hector (abstract)
      • On a Fundamental Error in Dynamics, the Theory of Gravitation, and the Nebular Hypothesis
      • List of Sertularians collected in Wellington. Abnormal Colouring in the Kokako.
      • Reported Capture of a Californian Salmon at Riverton. Fossil Cetaceans New System of Telegraphic Weather Reports Remarks on New Zealand Sponges

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting. 13th June, 1881.

      • Anniversary Address by the President.
      • On the New Zealand Carabidæ Remarks on Scale Blight (Icerya purchasi).

    • Second Meeting. 11th July, 1881.

      • New Species of Coleoptera.

    • Third Meeting. 8th August, 1881.

      • The Shadow of Justice.
      • The New Zealand Dascyllidæ.

    • Fourth Meeting. 5th September, 1881.

      • New Species of Curculionidæ. On Evolution considered from its Religious Side.

    • Fifth Meeting. 3rd October, 1881.

      • On the Swiss Lake Dwellings.
      • Revision of the New Zealand Cossonidé Recent Advances in Photography.

    • Sixth Meeting. 15th November, 1881.

      • New Species of Cerambycidæ Notes on various Subjects.
      • Translation of the Maori Tradition of Maui. On the Shore of the Unknown.

    • Annual General Meeting. 21st February, 1882.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1882

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting. 2nd March, 1881.

      • Exhibition of a Marine Spider and Vegetable Caterpillar/
    • Second Meeting. 7th April, 1881.
    • Third Meeting. 5th May, 1881.
    • Fourth Meeting. 2nd June, 1881.
    • Fifth Meeting. 16th June, 1881.
    • Sixth Meeting. 7th July, 1881.
    • Seventh Meeting. 4th August, 1881.

    • Eighth Meeting. 1st September, 1881.

      • Election Vice-President. rock paintings from South Africa.

    • Ninth Meeting. 6th October, 1881.

      • Scale Insects.

    • Annual Meeting. 3rd November, 1881.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1882.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting. 6th April, 1881.

      • Remarks on Notornis. Remarks on Sphenodon güntheri Exhibition of Dissecting Microscope. On the Cause of Error in executing Minor Triangulation with Instruments of small Diameter.

    • Second Meeting. 21st June, 1881.

      • The Birds of Macquarrie Island.
      • Model of Stylonichia mytilus

    • Third Meeting. 19th July, 1881.

      • On the Development of the Discomedusœ Remarks on Specimens of Saccharomyces. Remarks on Specimens of Macrocystis.

    • Fourth Meeting. 30th August, 1881.

      • Electric Lighting

    • Fifth Meeting. 21st September, 1881.

      • Paintings of Notornis Mounted Skeletons.
    • Sixth Meeting. 22nd November, 1881.

    • Annual Meeting. 31st January, 1882.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1882

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • Annual General Meeting. 7th February, 1881.

      • Election of Officers for 1881
      • Abstract of Annual Report.

    • First Ordinary Meeting. 9th May, 1881.

      • Insects, Plants, etc.

    • Second Ordinary Meeting. 13th June, 1881.

      • Fossils.
    • Third Ordinary Meeting. 11th July, 1881.

    • Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 8th August, 1881.

      • Zoological Specimens and Maori Curiosities
    • Fifth Ordinary Meeting. 10th October, 1881.

    • Sixth Ordinary Meeting. 14th November, 1881.

      • Fossil Remains.
    • Council Meeting. 4th October, 1881.

  • Southland Institute.

    • First Meeting. 11th May, 1881.

      • Recent Advances in Science.

    • Second Meeting. 3rd June, 1881.

      • Buddhistic Philosophy.

    • Third Meeting. 19th August, 1881.

      • The Habits of Ants.

    • Fourth Meeting. 20th September, 1881.

      • On the Importance of Forestry.

    • Fifth Meeting. 11th October, 1881.

      • On Co-operation. On Burns.
      • Election of Officers for 1882.
      • Abstract of Annual Report.
• Appendix.
  • Comparative Abstract for 1881 and previous Years.
    • Meteorological Statistics for 1881
  • Average Temperature of Seasons, compared with those of the previous year.
    • Notes on The Weather During 1881.
    • Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1881.
    • Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute.
    • Ordinary Members.
    • List of Public Institutions and Individuals To Whom This Volume is Presented By The Governors of The New Zealand Institute.